To: average joe who wrote (65995 ) 11/6/2002 2:36:27 AM From: Solon Read Replies (1) | Respond to "The anthropomorphic God(s) depicted and portrayed in our history/mythologies has prevented the human race from advancing to a higher level of being." I did not propose to do anything other than discuss the matter, AJ. Don't be so silly...<g> "He tortures without hesitation--physically, mentally, and emotionally. He is intolerant to everyone but his own, and even there he is mercurial, capricious, inconstant, and violent." "Not only "silly", but cruel, sadistic, and inhuman. "He evaluates all matters in accordance with his feelings, and gives no heed to objective values or ideas." Only if He has enough morons...and enough guns "Some follow this God literally, and use him to determine and to justify their own actions." That it is easier to kill innocent people when you have a good reason "Thus, we see His most ardent followers displaying intolerance, hate, jealousy, spitefulness, insecurity, and other attributes of evil and of weakness." The God of Joshua and Moses?? No, you don't. Besides...I see no value in only executing every second hostage. Nothing Divine about that... "It is for this reason that I ask: Should God be replaced?" " Does one need to be anyone in particular to ask a common question? What is your name?! :-) "Is it time for a new CEO? Is it time to discover a God based on acceptance and love...rather than on fear?" I was thinking of someone a little younger... Perhaps you are right. But I certainly did not volunteer as a replacement. Perhaps someone who does not cure leprosy by rubbing blood on your nose, and ear, and toe? Or perhaps someone who does not rub dung in people's faces? "For me, worship is honoring and respecting the greatness and the goodness beyond my knowledge." Truly a great admission. Pops the feathers right off my chest... "It is acknowledging the common bonds that unite humans on this fragile and dark side of mystery." The "dark side of mystery" refers to the mundane world of human pain, suffering, and impenetrable ignorance. The "common bonds" refers to the compassion and mutual need which braces us in our hopes and in our fears... "me, God IS that which IS ultimate greatness and goodness--not some crippled beast." Is judging as "Great" and "Good" somewhat harsh?! Oh my...! :-)"I would never worship a beast in heaven, that I would avoid like the plague on planet Earth. Would you?" I am not sure what that has to do with dialectic? A single premise hardly suffices. And a "straw man" relates to nothing on the face of it. You are just being silly...
